The Linz Café, Das Linz Café
01/01/1981“The Linz Café”, a bilingual book, both in German and English, is the fourth in “The Center for Environmental Structure Series” on architecture published by Oxford University Press. The book describes the application of the theory to a single building commissioned by the organizers of the 1980 summer exposition “Forum Design” in Linz, Austria. Christopher Alexander notes in the Introduction: “The Linz Café is one of the first buildings in which I have succeeded in carrying out almost all the intentions expressed in the earlier volumes of this series. It is a small three-story building, built on the banks of the Danube in Linz.” This book tells an intimate story of the conception and realization of the building.
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The Linz Café: Notification of contract sent to Oxford University Press and request to engage in another publication to produce a documentation of Alexander's contribution to the Forum Design in Linz
04/04/1980
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The Linz Café: Requesting feedback regarding the status of the books, as there are issues like translation, format, typesetting, color etc. still pending. Information has reached Christopher Alexander regarding arrangements been made for the book deliverance to Oxford University Press before all that has been resolved
25/11/1980
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The Linz Café: Notifying Christopher Alexander that shipment of described photographs is underway and now, his specific instructions on their layout, color, lighting etc., are needed. Copyright issues and price in relation to quality are also mentioned. One attached page with Christopher Alexander's important points of the contract, is included
19/07/1980
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The Linz Café: Early version of book; text only
01/01/1980
An early attempt to lay out the full content of the book, with original handwritten editions; it includes 17 pages at the end with early thoughts and a section named “II: Genuine Functionalism” .
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The Linz Café: Three drafts of the book text including the final version
01/01/1980
The final version of the book text, with two earlier versions.
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The Linz Café: Draft of book text both in English and German
01/01/1980
German text has corrections and text editing.
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The Linz Café book
01/01/1980
Handwritten notes by Christopher Alexander.
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The Linz Café: Instructions for reduction of drawings' sizes
01/01/1980
Instructions for reducing three drawings, probably for using in the book; two building sections and a floor plan.
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The Linz Café: Tests and calculations for deciding on the fonts to be used for the text of the book
01/01/1980
Tests of types, sizes and spacing of various fond styles; text used is irrelevant.
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